2017-18 MaxPreps Cup Fall Rankings

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The 2017-18 Fall Sports version of the MaxPreps Cup is looking very much like the 2016-17 model, but with a slight twist.

Last year, Green Hope (Cary, N.C.) surged to the lead in the MaxPreps Cup, which ranks the overall athletic performance of high school sports programs, behind state championships by the boys soccer team and the girls volleyball team, along with runner-up finishes by the boys and girls cross country teams and the girls tennis team.

Fast forward to 2017-18 and Green Hope is still in first place behind three state championships and a runner-up finish. The girls tennis and boys cross country teams took that extra step in the fall of 2017, winning state titles after finishing second last year. The girls volleyball team, meanwhile, won its second straight state title. The girls cross country finished second for the second straight year.

Green Hope has an impressive total of 867 points, which were accumulated through several categories that award points for first or second place in a state championship, the type of sport that is played, the size of the state and the state playoff enrollment division. Schools from larger states get more points due to the increased competition throughout the state. Schools also get more points for playing in playoff enrollment divisions with more students per school.

This year, MaxPreps has added a fifth category — number of schools in the state playoff enrollment division. This was done in order to reward schools that play in playoff divisions with 200 or more teams compared to those that might play in playoff divisions with less than 50 schools.

The MaxPreps Cup has also added the number of sports used to calculate the final totals. Any sport that is played in at least 10 different states was added to the mix. These include bowling, skiing, ice hockey, indoor track, field hockey and gymnastics. The list of sports were also separated into five categories (instead of two) based on their participation numbers produced by the National Federation of High Schools. Different point totals were awarded for each category.

Points are also awarded for placement in national rankings. The MaxPreps Cup uses the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 and computer rankings rankings for football, volleyball, and boys and girls soccer and Dye stat's national rankings for boys and girls cross country.

Green Hope sits 41 points ahead of No. 2 Haddonfield (N.J.), which won five state or sectional titles in New Jersey this fall. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) comes in third with 792 points and four state titles. Fayetteville (Ark.), which won four state crowns, is No. 4 with 779 points while Wayzata (Minn.) is No. 5 with 776 points and three state titles.

Following are the top 100 teams in the 2017-18 Fall Sports MaxPreps Cup rankings. Teams are listed with their state championships, their state runner-up finishes and any sports where they were nationally ranked. Highlights have also been provided for the top 10 schools.

1. Green Hope (Cary, N.C.) — 867
Highlights: The boys cross country team placed five runners in the top 20 to win the state title ... The girls tennis team went 17-0 and won the school's first ever state title in the sport ... Girls volleyball team won second straight state title.
State champions: Boys cross country, girls tennis, girls volleyball.
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National ranking: Boys cross country No. 25

2. Haddonfield (N.J.) — 826
Highlights: The football team won a section group title despite never playing a home game all season due to construction on its home field ... The boys cross country team has a consecutive dual win streak of over 200 and has won 16 state titles since 1981 ... The girls cross country team has won over 150 straight duals and nine state titles since 1978.
State champions: Boys cross country, football, girls field hockey, girls tennis, girls cross country

3. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) — 792
Highlights: The football team won its fourth state title and ended Bishop Hendricken's seven-year run as state champions ... The boys soccer team won its fourth state title in seven years ... The girls tennis team won its fourth consecutive state crown.
State champions: Boys soccer, football, girls soccer, girls tennis
State runner-up: Girls cross country, boys cross country

4. Fayetteville (Ark.) — 779
Highlights: The boys golf team won its fifth straight state title ... The girls volleyball team won its third straight state title.
State champions: Boys golf, girls tennis, girls volleyball, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys cross country

5. Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.) — 776
Highlights: The boys cross country team won the state title for the fourth time in five seasons ... The girls cross country won its fourth state title in the past six years ... The boys soccer team won its third state title in program history.
State champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls cross country
National ranking: Boys soccer No. 10, girls cross country No. 7, boys cross country No. 11.

6. St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) — 770
Highlights: The boys cross country team won its third straight state title and 23rd in school history ... The boys soccer team claimed its 13th state title in school history.
champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country
State runner-up: Boys golf, football
National ranking: Boys soccer No. 19

7. Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.) — 759
Highlights: The football team won its first state championship in school history ... The boys cross country team became first Central Coast Section team to advance to nationals.
State champions: Football, boys cross country 
State runner-up: Girls tennis (NorCal)
National ranking: Boys cross country No. 9

8. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.) — 756
Highlights: The girls tennis team won its fourth state title in five years ... The girls volleyball team finished 23-0 and won its fourth state title.
State champions: Girls golf, girls tennis, girls volleyball
National ranking: Girls volleyball No. 14

9. Marist (Atlanta, Ga.) — 741
Highlights: The boys and girls cross country teams both won the state title for the 10th time since 2002 ... The girls volleyball team reached the state finals for the 22nd time and won its 11th state title.
State champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
State runner-up: Football

10. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 735
Highlights: Boys swimming team sets national record with 30th straight state championship ... girls swimming team wins 27th state championship in a row ... Boys cross country ended 32-year drought to win state title ... Charles Hicks became the first Bolles runner to win a state title since Andrew McCabe in 1985. McCabe earned fame as the FBI Director.
State champions: Boys swimming, boys cross country, girls swimming
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National ranking: Boys cross country No. 21

11. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) — 733
State champions: Football, girls golf
State runner-up: Boys golf
National ranking: Football No. 4

12. Evansville Memorial (Evansville, Ind.) — 720
State champions: Girls soccer, boys soccer, football, girls soccer
National ranking: Girls soccer No. 5.

13. Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.) — 718
State champions: Boys soccer, girls golf, girls cross country
National ranking: Boys soccer No. 2, girls cross country No. 16

14. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) — 713
State champions: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys soccer
National ranking:  Girls soccer No. 8, girls cross country No. 15

15. Scarborough (Maine) — 680
State champions: Boys golf, football, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls soccer

16. Greenwood (Ark.) — 665
State champions: Football, girls golf, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys golf

17. Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.) — 664
State champions: Girls swimming, girls tennis, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys swimming, boys cross country

18. Houston (Germantown, Tenn.) — 651
State champions: Girls golf, girls soccer
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National ranking: Girls soccer No. 3

19. Tuscarora (Leesburg, Va.) — 645
State champions: Girls volleyball, girls cross country
State runner-up: Football

20. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.) — 643
State champions: Boys volleyball, girls soccer, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys golf, girls field hockey, girls volleyball
National ranking: Girls soccer No. 11

21. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix) — 640
State champions: Girls golf, girls swimming, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National ranking: Girls volleyball No. 9

22. Signal Mountain (Tenn.) — 638
State champions: Girls golf, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys golf, girls soccer

23. Chapel Hill (N.C.) — 625
State champions: Boys soccer, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball

24. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) — 620
State champions: Football
State runner-up: Girls volleyball
National ranking: Football No. 1, Girls volleyball No. 11
25. Bozeman (Mont.) — 609
State champions: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls soccer
National ranking: Girls cross country No. 5

26. Knoxville Catholic (Tenn.) — 608
State champions: Football
State runner-up: Boys cross country, Girls volleyball

27. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.) — 602
State champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Football, girls cross country

28. Palmer Ridge (Monument, Colo.) — 601
State champions: Boys cross country, football, girls field hockey
State runner-up: Girls cross country

29. (tie) Great Oak (Temecula, Calif.) — 596
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
National ranking: Boys cross country No. 6, girls cross country No. 8

29. (tie) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) — 596
State champions: Football, girls soccer
State runner-up: Girls tennis, girls volleyball
National ranking: Football No. 13

31. (tie) Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.) — 592
State champions: Boys cross country, girls golf
State runner-up: Football, girls volleyball

31. (tie) Alcoa (Tenn.) — 592
State champions: Boys golf, football, girls soccer

33. Jonesboro (Ark.) — 591
State champions: Boys golf, boys tennis, girls tennis
State runner-up: Girls volleyball

34. Naperville North (Naperville, Ill.) — 588
State champions: Boys soccer, Girls cross country
National ranking: Boys soccer No. 1, girls cross country No. 2

35. Chiles (Tallahassee, Fla.) — 585
State champions: Boys swimming, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys cross country

36. Edina (Minn.) — 579
State champions: Girls swimming, girls tennis
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National ranking: Girls cross country No. 11

37. (tie) St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.) — 576
State champions: Boys swimming, football, girls swimming

37. (tie) McIntosh (Peachtree City, Ga.) — 576
State champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country

39. St. Joseph's Catholic (Greenville, S.C.) — 568
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, boys swimming, girls volleyball

40. Linganore (Frederick, Md.) — 566
State champions: Boys cross country, football, girls soccer

41. Carmel (Ind.) — 564
State champions: Boys tennis, boys cross country
National ranking: Boys cross country No. 10

42. Greenwich (Conn.) — 560
State champions: Girls swimming, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country, football

43. Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.) — 557
State champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Football
National ranking: Girls volleyball No. 24

44. Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.) — 557
State champions: Boys cross country, football
State runner-up: Girls cross country

45. (tie) Venice (Fla.) — 552
State champions: Football, girls volleyball
National ranking: Football No. 23

45. (tie) Porter-Gaud (Charleston, S.C.) — 552
State champions: Boys swimming (SCISA), girls swimming (SCISA), girls volleyball (SCISA), girls cross country (SCISA)

47. Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.) — 551
State champions: Boys golf, boys swimming, girls swimming
State runner-up: Girls cross country

48. Deep Run (Glen Allen, Va.) — 550
State champions: Boys golf, boys volleyball
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls field hockey

49. Lincoln Southwest (Lincoln, Neb.) — 543
State champions: Boys tennis
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls softball

50. (tie) Pearl (Miss.) — 539
State champions: Boys cross country, football
State runner-up: Girls cross country

50. (tie) Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.) — 539
State champions: Football, boys cross country
State runner-up: Boys swimming

52. Ridge (Basking Ridge, N.J.) — 536
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runnerup: Girls soccer, girls cross country

53. Albuquerque Academy (N.M.) — 525
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, girls soccer
State runner-up: Boys soccer

54. Chandler (Ariz.) — 523
State champions: Football, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls swimming
National ranking: Football No. 11
55. (tie) Quaker Valley (Leetsdale, Pa.) — 522
State champions: Boys soccer, football
National ranking: Boys soccer No. 20

55. (tie) Brooklyn Tech (N.Y.) — 522
State champions: Girls tennis, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys swimming, boys cross country

57. Riverside (Greer, S.C.) — 521
State champions: Girls cross country
State runnerup: Girls swimming, boys cross country, boys swimming

58. (tie) New Haven (Mo.) — 520
State champions: Boys cross country
State runnerup: Girls volleyball, girls cross country

58. (tie) Highland Park (Dallas) — 520
State champions: Football, boys tennis

60. Dimond (Anchorage, Alaska) — 514
State champions: Girls swimming, girls volleyball.
State runner-up: Boys swimming, boys tennis

61. Lincoln (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — 512
State champions: Boys soccer, girls tennis
State runner-up: Girls cross country, boys cross country

62. (tie) Essex (Essex Junction, Vt.) — 507
State champions: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys volleyball

62. (tie) Blue Valley North (Overland Park, Kan.) — 507
State champions: Football, girls tennis
State runner-up: Girls cross country

64. Ursuline Academy (Cincinnati) — 505
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National ranking:  Girls volleyball No. 6

65. Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.) — 502
State champions: Boys tennis, football, girls tennis

66. Auburn (Ala.) — 499
State champions: Girls swimming, girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys swimming

67. Laramie (Wyo.) — 497
State champions: Boys tennis, boys cross country, girls swimming
State runner-up: Girls cross country

67. (tie) Walsh (Casper, Wyo.) — 497
State champions: Boys golf, girls golf, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls tennis

69. (tie) Zionsville (Ind.) — 496
State champions: Girls golf, girls cross country

69. (tie) E.D. White (Thibodaux, La.) — 496
State champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country

71. Bentonville (Ark.) — 489
State champions: Boys cross country, girls golf
State runner-up: Football

72. Century (Bismarck, N.D.) — 488
State champions: Girls swimming, girls volleyball, boys cross country

73. (tie) Lexington (Ohio) — 480
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country

73. (tie) Hebron (Carrollton, Texas) — 480
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-up: Girls cross country
National ranking: Girls volleyball No. 21
75. St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge, La.) — 475
State champions: Girls swimming, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball

76. Baptist Prep (Little Rock, Ark.) — 471
State champions: Girls golf
State runner-up: Boys golf, boys tennis, girls volleyball

77. (tie) St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.) — 470
State champions: Girls tennis, girls volleyball, girls cross country

77. (tie) Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) — 470
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
National ranking: Boys cross country No. 3, girls cross country No. 6 

79. Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.) — 468
State champions: Boys swimming (MAIS), football (MAIS), girls softball (MAIS)

80. (tie) Wando (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) — 465
State champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
State runner-up: Girls volleyball

80. (tie) Marian (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) — 465
State runner-up: Girls golf, girls swimming, girls volleyball

82. Wilson Memorial (Fishersville, Va.) — 464
State champions: Girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country

83. The Meadows School (Las Vegas) — 463
State champions: Girls tennis, girls volleyball
State runner-up: Boys tennis, boys cross country, girls cross country

84. Middleton (Wis.) — 462
State champions: Boys cross country, girls swimming
National ranking: Boys cross country No. 16

85. Westminster (Atlanta) — 461
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
State runner-up: Girls volleyball

86. Summit Country Day (Cincinnati) — 460
State champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer

86. (tie) Marquette (Mich.) — 460
State champions: Girls cross country (upper peninsula)
State runner-up: Boys cross country (upper peninsula), girls tennis (upper peninsula)

86. (tie) Lamar (Mo.) — 460
State champions: Boys cross country, football

86. (tie) Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.) — 460
State champions: Girls tennis, football

90. Penn (Mishawaka, Ind.) — 459
State champions: Girls soccer
State runner-up: Football
National ranking: Girls soccer No. 1

91. Blue Springs (Mo.) — 455
State champions: Boys cross country
State runner-up: Football

92. Fayetteville-Manlius (Manlius, N.Y.) — 453
State champions: Girls cross country
State runner-up: Boys cross country
National ranking: Girls cross country No. 1, boys cross country No. 2

93. Minster (Ohio) — 450
State champions: Football, girls cross country

94. Lakeside (Hot Springs, Ark.) — 449
State champions: Girls golf
State runner-up: Boys golf, boys tennis, girls tennis

95. Yarmouth (Maine) — 448
State champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer, girls cross country
National ranking: Girls soccer No. 9

96. Voorhees (Glen Gardner, N.J.) — 447
State runner-up: Boys cross country, football, girls cross country

97. Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township, N.J.) — 445
State champions: Girls soccer, girls volleyball
National ranking: Girls volleyball No. 17

97. (tie) University (San Francisco, Calif.) — 445
State champions: Boys cross country
State runner-up: Girls cross country

99. Severna Park (Md.) — 442
State champions: Boys cross country
State runner-up: Boys soccer, girls cross country

100. Westlake Academy (Westlake, Texas) — 440
State champions: Boys soccer (TCAF), Boys cross country (TCAF), girls volleyball (TCAF), girls cross country (TCAF)

100. (tie) Luling (Texas) — 440
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country

100. (tie) Festus (Mo.) — 440
State champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country

100. (tie) Bishop McGuinness (Kernersville, N.C.) — 440
State champions: Boys cross country, boys soccer

100. (tie) Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) — 440
State champions: Boys golf, girls volleyball